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Lesson 8 Skills Practice

Roots
Find each square root or cube root.
1. √
16 2. - √
9

3
3. √36
 
4. √2,744

3 3
5. √
1,331 6. √
729

7. - √
0.04 8. √
-289

9. ± √
0.81 10. - √
400

11. √
16
−−
49
12. √
49
−−−
100

ALGEBRA Solve each equation. Check your solution(s).

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13. s2 = 81 14. t2 = 36

15. x2 = 49 16. 256 = z2

17. 900 = y2 18. 1,024 = h2

49 25
19. c2 = −− 20. a2 = −−−
64 121

1 144
21. −−− = d2 22. −−− = r2
100 169

Find each cube root.

3 3
23. √64
 24. √-
512

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